Attorneys

Donald E. Skeeters

The Firm’s Founder, Don Skeeters was born and raised in Hardin County. Don attended the University of Kentucky where he studied biology and chemistry, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree and five years later he also earned his Master of Science in Education. He taught in the public schools before entering law school and obtaining his Juris Doctorate degree in 1970. That same year, Don returned home to set up a solo practice that is today one of the most respected firms in the region.

In addition to the general practice of law, Don served as the attorney for the cities of Radcliff and Vine Grove, and general counsel for Fort Knox Federal Credit Union, Hardin County Board of Education and Hardin County Water District No. 1.

R. Terry Bennett

Terry joined the practice in 1974. His areas of focus include personal injury law, real estate law, probate law, estate planning, business law, corporations, and adoptions. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, United States District Court Western District of Kentucky, United States Court of Military Appeals, and all Kentucky courts.

A Hardin County native and former Army officer in the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, Terry graduated from William and Mary in Virginia with an undergraduate degree in government. He received his Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest Law School in Winston Salem, North Carolina, where he graduated with honors.

Terry is a past President of the Hardin County Bar Association, past member of the House Delegates of the Kentucky Bar Association, Trial Commissioner for the Kentucky Bar Association, and a member of the Kentucky Bar Association Inquiry Commission.

Terry is also the Chairman of the Board of First Citizens Bank and its holding company, Farmers Capital Bank Corporation.

David T. Wilson II

David Wilson has practiced with Skeeters, Bennett, Wilson, & Pike since 1989, successfully litigating cases before the Kentucky Supreme Court, the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the Federal Court for the Western District of Kentucky and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has substantial litigation experience in personal injury, domestic relations and creditor’s rights. This includes litigation in Bankruptcy Court as well as foreclosure actions. David also practices education law and is local counsel for both the Hardin County and the Meade County Boards of Education. He also acts as counsel for Hardin County Water District No. 1, Meade County Water District, Fort Knox Federal Credit Union and Kentucky Land Company.

David is a native of Meade County. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Kentucky and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Kentucky College of Law.

Michael A. Pike

Mike joined the firm in 1999, becoming a partner in 2001. Mike, is a native of Louisville, and attended the University of Louisville where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in History, graduating cum laude. Upon graduation he worked in a family business for almost six years and began his legal studies at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law. He received his Juris Doctor in 1998 and served as a prosecutor, public defender, and private practitioner.

Mike currently is the City Attorney for both Radcliff and Vine Grove, Kentucky, advising Mayors and City Councils, city employees, and various city boards and commissions on a wide variety of legal matters. He is also General Counsel for the Kentucky Credit Union League and the Lincoln Trail Area Development District. He is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association, Hardin County Bar Association, Meade County Bar Association, and the Municipal Attorneys Association of Kentucky. Mike focuses his legal practice on personal injury, estate and probate law, corporation and LLC formation, real estate, and municipal law. Additionally, Mike helps oversee the real estate law department for the firm.

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